Dear Editor: If CI-132 Passes, We Will All Be the Losers For It

CI-132 and the myth of nonpartisanship

Whether you're voting on a ballot issue or a candidate for office, my advice to you is always the same: cast an informed vote or skip it and move on. Voting because it's "good citizenship" is, in fact, bad citizenship if you don't know who or what you're voting for. Judge and Supreme Court justice races scream out as the biggest examples of voter ignorance – and thus,...

Dear Editor: If CI-132 Passes, We Will All Be the Losers For It

Dear Editor, CI-132 proponents assert that banning a judicial candidate from running as a Democrat or Republican helps voters better know their qualifications. That's absurd. That's like telling a man with extremely poor vision, "If you close one eye, you'll see better." Party alignment doesn't provide a perfect line of sight. But it's a key data point....